Gimli Manitoba
The McMahon Mile
The Gimli Parade
Family Sports
Traditional Program
Cute kids in viking hats.
(Vikings never had horns on their helmets. Blame Wagner and Bugs Bunny for this common misconception.
To learn about other common misconceptions please refer to the BBC show hosted by Stephen Fry; QI. Or buy this book.)
- Wagnerian Opera stereotype lady with horns on her helmet.
Elmer Fudd with horns on his head.
Little kid viking with horns on his plastic helmet
The McMahon Mile runs just before the parade, on the same route.
The McMahon Mile race is a competitive mile aimed at:
Manitoba’s top distance runners.
Male athletes should be capable of at least a 5:30 minute mile or 5:10 minute 1500m.
Female athletes should be capable of at least a 6:20 mile or 6:00 minute 1500m.
The Course: begins at corner of Centre Street and Highway #9, running east down Centre Street to 1st Avenue
and north on 1st Avenue to 4th Street North then west on 4th Street North to finish just past 3rd Avenue.
Previous winners:
2009 Brian Walker 4:20.1
2009 Darolyn Trembath 4:44.1
Gimli has the highest population of the year on this day, for the parade.
He is wearing about 5 Icelandic flags
The Mounties lead the Gimli parade
Icelanders come all the way to Gimli, Western Iceland.
Shriners in Kilts
Icelandic Flag
The Vikings are here!
Tough looking kid
The Asgeirson family reunion
Hardfiskur; the viking snack
W.D. Valgardson buys some Vinatarta
Icelandic sweaters
The family fun sports
"I runned the fastest!"
WD Valgardson reads to the crowd
The Icelanders have a Canada Dry
Male Choir Drifandi in Gimli
Little bike, big bike
The Mounties guard the Fjallkona
Fjallkona for 2011; Mrs Vi Bjarnason Hilton
The Fjallkona paparazzi
Icelandic Male choir Drifandi
The dignitaries
Councillor Grant Nordman, MP James Bezan, MLA Peter Bjornson, Premier Greg Selinger
The Traditional Program
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon; Iceland's Minister of Finance
Vinatarta
Kleinur
Ponnukokur, Pannakukkar, Icelandic Rolled Pancakes
Icelanders have to have their coffee
The Fjallkona of 2011
Rullapylsa
The President's Reception
